Interventions for Co-Morbidities and Reversible Factors Affecting Cognition/Memory Function – Maxwell Perkins

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Often overlooked, many co-morbidities and reversible factors complicate the proper identification of the problem at the root of your patients cognitive/memory decline.  It is paramount to have an understanding of the effects that depression, delirium, obesity, diabetes and marijuana use can have on cognition and memory.  Do you have an understanding of what effect a patient’s ethnicity and education level can have on their cognition?  What role does hearing loss and an individual’s sleep quality have related to their cognition/memory?  Is cognitive rehab effective for memory deficits?  Leave with 75 ideas to stimulate cognition and memory.

1. Analyze six conditions/co-morbidities that negatively impact an individual’s cognitive/memory function.
2. Assess for three reversible conditions (often undiagnosed) that can negatively affect an individual’s cognition and memory.
3. Choose the number one intervention strategy to address cognitive/memory deficits and co-morbidities.

Negative Impacts on Cognitive/Memory Function

• TBI Classification and impact
• Reversible causes of memory change
• Modifiable risk factors
• Evidence based information on marijuana use

(Often undiagnosed) Reversible Conditions that affect Cognition and Memory

• Delirium
  • Types
  • Clinical manifestations
  • Most common causes
• Depression
  • Identification
  • Clinical picture
• Quality of Sleep
  • Sleep hygiene
  • Sleep log/assessment

Choose the Number One Intervention Strategy

• 75 ideas to stimulate cognition and memory
• Exercise effects
• Identify issues preventing participation